InadequateSafe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: InadequateWell-led: Requires improvementRated 5 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?38%Inadequate
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Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?33%Inadequate
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?45%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSignificant shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?36%Inadequate
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Listening to and involving peopleSignificant shortfalls
Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Planning for the futureSignificant shortfalls
Providing InformationSignificant shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?43%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 1 good, 32 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Run by Ark Specialist Healthcare LLP, Advent House is a residential care home in Wakefield with 10 registered beds. It is registered to care for people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Wakefield, where the median is 22 beds.
The Acorns, 1.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good. In Wakefield, 75% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Inadequate, published in May 2026. It was Inadequate for safe, effective and responsive as well. For caring and well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in February 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Wakefield, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 32 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “independence, choice and control”.
